The Glendale City Council will vote Friday on a proposed agreement with a likely Phoenix Coyotes buyer.

Glendale Mayor Elaine Scruggs and Councilman Phil Lieberman told The Arizona Republic that the council will hold a special meeting at 10:15 a.m. Friday to vote on the proposed 20-year deal with former San Jose Sharks executive Greg Jamison.

The council also is set to gather for a 10 a.m. closed-door session on Thursday to review the terms of the lease and non-relocation agreements with Jamison.

A public session, where residents will likely hear from legal and economic experts, is scheduled follow. City officials could not say when the public portion of the gathering will begin.

The city appears poised to pay a group led by Jamison nearly $325 million over 20 years to operate and make improvements to the city-owned Jobing.com Arena.

A Republic analysis of a draft released Monday by the city showed Glendale expects to collect less than half that amount via ticket surcharges, rent, sales tax and other team fees during the same period.

Scruggs and Lieberman both expressed concerns the city is rushing a vote on the agreement to keep the National Hockey League team in Glendale.

"This process should be slowed down," Scruggs said. "I think the public expects an open dialogue."

Lieberman agreed.

"This is absolutely deplorably terrible," he said, adding that the meeting times would make it difficult for most Glendale residents to weigh in before council votes.

Other council members, including the four who appear poised to approve the deal, were not immediately available for comment Tuesday.

The Friday vote will coincide with another milestone for Glendale. Friday is longtime City Manager Ed Beasley's last day as the city's chief executive.

Beasley, who has been Glendale's chief negotiator with the NHL and potential Phoenix Coyotes buyers for more than three years, submitted his resignation late last week.